Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-22
..For Heavens Sake, Let Up"

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The above is the caption of a half
column of filling" mot paid forl which
appears in the Tribune of last week,
That paper, being ''the only religious
journal in the valley has taken upon
itself the task of branding as liars all
the enterprising and wide-awake
journals of Kansas, and most especially
western Kansas.
Coming, as the editor of the Tribune
does, from the hoe-cake and sow-belly
Businesses of old Missouri, it is not ex-
pected that he has, even after twelve
years. residence in Sunny Kansas, had
sufficient moss scraped from his back
to enable the light of enterprise and
advancement to penetrate to his torpid
liver, OF warm into feeling of broth
erly love and sympathy his distorted
brain.
The article referred to says, sit is all
well enough to praise the bridge that
carries you over" and the quotation is
true one; but the trouble with some
people is, they don't avail themselves
of the bridge. They get cranky be-
cause the bridge is not built according
to their self coneeited ideas, and in
stead of walking over with the prosper
GUS throng they seek to undermine
it and throw the whole lot into the
murky waters the slime of which they
are stirring up with their own plodding
and stubborn feet as they wade along
in the ways of an hundred years ago.
For shame, Mr.. Tribune, that you
should cry out against the Kansas
press which can see the light of better
days and feel the warmth of prosperity's
sun. For shame, that you should
brand as liars and senseless, visionary
enthusiasts the men who have worked
night and day, year in and year out
from sunlight to midnight, to tell to
the world the solid truths of our states
worth. For shame, that a paper which
has lived and reasonably thrived for
nearly twelve and a half years in one of
the best towns in Kansas, should at
tempt to spread q feeling of distrust
and discomfort among your four hun
dred or so of subscribers, and cause
them to regret that they have spent
their years of persevering toll in vain
as you would have them believe.
Many business houses in all the
towns have been compelled to close"
We would like to see the Iribati,e get
up list (if his space will permit) of the
BUSINESS houses in Great Bend which
have ''been compelled to close.'' 1.-The
truth is always the best, and in the
end pays better" When the whole
truth is known it discloses the undeni-
able fact that the business houses which
have closed, (and there have been none
in Great Bend since this years. crops
have been gathered) have had at their
heads just such men as the writer of
the ''let up article; men who have ex-
pected more to climb to prosperity over
the ruins of some other men or busi-
ness, than through faith in Kansas or
an appreciation of her value.
We will not say to the alleged ''re-
ligious Journal ''for heavens sake,
let up,'' because the course it appears
to have adopted will quickly place it in
its true light as one of the disheartened
and faint brothers who taste but the
gall and wormwood and see nothing
that is promising in the past, present
or future. We would suggest that
you place at the head of your editorial
column, as standing advertisement of
your views, the part of the next to the
last paragraph of your ''let up" article,
which reads:
Nothing doing, no crops and no
prospects, no money, no business, moth
ing doing, can't see how people can sur
viye through the winter; banks burst
ing, merchants failing and closing out
at cost, mechanics idle.''
The Water Works.